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VvliUMStt .WMKtlt , 'J UV thomas w. louiiain, TWO UOOU4 UKUIW *)(? Hauk, *Kl? ?w? amovk ckriom'*, OH 'I' Tint .S'i/Avfi7/./,Vi'.~T1irc? Dollars per annum, pay able in ?ilvniu c....Ni? ttftpcr <0 he discontinued, but ?t the option nt'tlio Kd'itor, until all armirtitro-i arc paid. .1<hvrii9rmtnlt not vxwfedinjf fourteen llrtM, ln?ertod the llrat time for *evenly-fivo cmt*, and f >rty c*nt? for wh subsequent insertion ?*nd In the same proportion for ; .A SKKTClfOK TI1K MAHHAUY 8TATR8. Entering tli'c Mediterranean sea through the ?traits of Gibraltar, tho first land on the right is theemjjiioof Morocco, tlio mont powerful and populous of thov.o states which have boon gene rally denominated the Barbarv powers. Mis empire extends on the Atlantic ocean,, from Capo Noon to Cape Spartul, and thence up the Mediterranean until it touches the territory of ' Algiers. Morocco is governed by an emperor, who reigns in nil the sevority of eastern despo tism, that is to suy, with a complete disposal of tho lives and property of hi* subjects. As the representative of the prophet, or head of the Ma hometan faitli in his empire, his will is supposed to be that of the prophet whom ho represents ; as sole interpreter of the Koran, which is not only the religious but the noliticul guide of tho Mussclmau, in all its ci\ if relations, he governs without control. Tho effects of thitt perfect u uion of state and church were never more com pletely exemplified than in the ompiro of Mo rocco, whore a late learned and casuistical oin peror, by an ingenious interpretation of a pan nage of the Koran, a&sumed the privilege of be coming the sole anu universal legatee of all his subjects. This privilege is still exercised at the will of the reigning monarch, who can at pleasure take possession of the property of eve ry deceased person, in despite or the will oftlie dead, or the rights of the living. ;To thjf pre sent time it not utifrcquently happens, thai e> states are thus sequestrated by the emperor, who either allows the heirs a stipend out or what belongs to them, or, tti0ro frequently disposses ses them entirely. The climate, the toil and productions of Mo rocco are among the finest and richest in the world, aiild from its ex tent, its fertility, thonum her of inhabitants, which is nearly fifteen mil-, lions, and its advantageous situation, bounding on two oceans, Morocco would claim the dis tinctionof a first rate power, wtjre it not op pressed by a system of government calculated to depress the human mind, and to destroy the activity of the body, by rendering the acquisi tion of knowledge, as well as of riches, dan jn'ious to tlie imssessor. At tho nnrtfiernmost extremity of tliis empire is moii ut A tlas, which it is said gave name to ?he Atlantic oce?n, % Mom>< Who are be ti entitled to jjiVo it a name, JMriief d'Zatutc, or Apes Hill* It is Jiearly op posite the (Jihraltar rock, and these two coiisti luted the famous pillars of llcrcules, celehruted i\\\ the boundaries of his labors. It wan here thai, after severing these two mountains with '.lis single arm, and thus forcing a communica rion between the Atlantic and tbo Mediterran ean fccas, that Hercules elided bis labors, u? well he might, for it would seem llmt the force of fic tion could carry him no farther. The present empire of Morocco, it is sunnos r-1 formed a part of theKoman province of Mau ritania, celebrated by the Roman geographer*, historians and poets, as a country whore every uroducfion of nature was more excellent, anu iii greater abundance, than in any portion of the eartli. It afterwards, on tho destruction of tlie eastern empire, was overrun by the khalids, suc cessors of Mahomet, under whom the Moors, the name given to the descendants uf the Arabs and Negroes, forming (lie mass of the popula tion of the Uarbary states, achieved the con quest of Spain. Prom Spain they were expell ed, with circumstances of barbarity which, co operating with the difference in religion, a fruit fill source of human antipathies, probably caus ? I' that rooted hatred ami contempt with which they have ever >i nee been animated towards the Christians. Soon after toe establishment of tho indepen dence of the I'uited States of America, the go vernment turned its attention to the ?ecurilv of the commerce in the Mediterranean tea, and a treaty was concluded on tho 2Mb of June, 1780, which established tho most amicable relatioffs between the two countries. This treaty was li mi tod in its duration to fifty years, and a mutu al good understanding has sub<ii*tcd ever since, ? ith the exception of a trifling interruption, al though it contained no stipulation for tho pay ment of tribute on the part of tho 17. States. Continuing up the Mediterranean, tho next in order of the Uarbary states is Algiers, which is four hundred and sixty miles in length, and from forty to one hundred in breadth. Algiers formed, like Morocco, a part of ancient Mauri tania t and, on tho decline of tho Roman em pire, fell into the hands of the Greeks, who, In the beginning of the seventh century, were ex pelled uy the Saracens. After various revolu tions, in which, though tho tyrant was changed, the people ever remained slaves, Algiers be came tributary to Spain, from wlmne domination it was freed by the renowned Aruch llarbnro*sa, who, being invited (o Ihe assistance of the Al gerines, drove out <hc Spaniards, and according to the custom on such occasions, occupied the government himself, ltarbarosya, in order to sustain his usurpation, acknowledged allegiance to the grand Siguier, and this was continued by bin successors, who were generally sent from Constantinople, until the beginning of the se venteenth century, when, on the representation ?w>f tho people of Algiers, permission was given by the Porto to elect a bey, who n as to pay a tri* wvV v -' - . y t v r;. 7 ' ) bute, acknowledge thb ctiitomary allegiance, and govern with the corifteht of hit divan, or Council of military ofticers. . Algiers h%a become, in effect, a inilitar vernment, the bey being deposed and clec tlto officer- "r ^ - --- P^K.to of depem the officer* of the laniiarles, without even dp ' ring to tho grand slrnipr, end tiio only trace denendanco It exhibited in an anr?*' Present ojfa ft w fine boys to the MtcccMf **' *'oet. m consequence of this system c u that, the opprcssionof the peoplet who ,? ?re ho voice in tho state, remains the same under eve* r y change, and that tho violence of the Hosiery, and the tyranny of their creature, has no re straint whatever, except the boundaries of thfir vices and their, wants. One tyrant may bo Wi't to 1 the bowstring, another raided to the tlirone, without, tho pplo either knowing or caring ji* Tho city of Algiers derives itsnamo from the Arabic word Algesair, or tho island, there hay in# been onco an island fronting the city, which is now joined to the main land. It is built dn tho side of a hill, and i9 said to appear, to navl gators in the form of a ship's topsail* the tops of the houses being all flat and wjiite. Algiers is supposed to contain ono hundred thousand in habitant, principally Mahometans. Tunis is divided from the territory of Algiers tyr tho rivor Zaine, and is about threo hundred miles in length, jt followed tho fortunes of Its neighbors, having successively formed a part of tho empire of Home, of tho Saracens*, and of tho Turks, Its government is now, Iff almost all respects, similar to that of Algiers, and tho ?amo conseiiuOtices result from it, Tho city of lunUU built on the north part of tlie gulpn of Qoletta, about eight miles from tlie sito 01 an cjont Carthago, of which nothing now rooming but a few vestiges that indicato nothing of its former grandeur* ' Its rival, Rome, still exists j but In Its present stato almost creates a doubt in tho mln^ which of the two offers to Its con temptation tho most aftbotlng reverses. Of Carthago nothing remains but tho place she oc cupies In history?- of ltomo nothing but what prusenfc?h aflectihg contrast to her ancient glory. Carthage is destroyed and her race is no more ror, it they exist, exist under another name, and there is nothing of hir but what Js great? tho memory andthorecortlof hOr former power. Homo still rem*!**, and thousands of curious travellers, who haVo read o~ sal empire* her mighty senate, * scribed emperors, and' her inyfo MrJ thither to see a citV so famous i?r?ri and literature. They behold St. Pcfor'?. , biting, indeed, a splendid contrast to tho m and noble remains of Roman grandeur, ye-? so great a contrast a^ is presented by tho pro sent race of Romans to tho sturdy, inflexible,, unconquerable plebeian of tho days of Car io iUcy see a wretched jwgeant arrogating himself little less than omnipotence, yet tho mere puppet of those very princes whose predecessors former ly held his stirrups ; a government of monks, an aristocracy of princes, living iu splendid mar ble palaces, claiming a descent from the Cicsars ??tyrants of the people, and slaves to tho priest hood, and a miserable populacc, surrounding a traveller in multitudes, and quarrelling likocurs, for the very bones that are thrown into tho streets. Surely Carthage was more fortunato than her rivul ; for it is better to perish with the regrets of mankind than to survive as objects of ; their derision and contempt. The ancient Romans, who, wherever thev carried their Atfms, left works of art that survi ved their empire, and remained as indestructu hlo evidences of conquest and subjection, ercc ted at Tunis one of the noblest aqueducts in tho world. It is ninety miles in length, aifl sonic ol the arches are nearly un hundred Act high. It still answer* tho purpose for which if was in tended, and will probably remain for ages a lasting; monument of utility and magnificence. The cityof Tunis was formerly supposed t<| con tain two hundred thousand people, but its |Sopt, lutiou is now probably less. It is ten miles in circumference, walled, flanked with towers, and has a citadel on a hill at the east side. Tu nis is ten miles from the sea, and the entrance to its harbor is by means of a canal, This state was a rival and match for Algiers, and they have been at war for a long timo jKist. Of late years however, the Tunisians have been worst ed by the gallantry and enterprise of tho Into Ks is llammida, who Was killed in tlio action with part of tho American stpntdrun. . Tho fourth and last of the llarharv powers, following the course up the Mediterranean sea, is Tripoli, which is upwards of nine hundred inilcsin length. Ks capital is a walled citv. strongly fortified, and with a population of per haps twtflity thousand souls. Tho same for tunes with those of Tunis were encountered bv Tripoli, and tho name sy?tem of government has neon imposed upon the people. Little in known of tlie country beyond the city of Tripolj, except that it is roamed by va rious tribes of Arabs, who, agreeably t<x the customs of that wandering race, subsist bv means of their cattle, and by plunder. About ninety miles east of Tripoli, was formerly situa ted a splendid city, founded by tho IMieniciana, called Lcptis, which, together with Oran and Tripoli, formed the republic of Tripoiis. Ac cording to Gibbon, Lcptis was overthrown and laid in ruins by an earthquake. Tho following account of the remains of that great city, is fur nished us by captain Porter, who, after his libe ration from confinement in Tripoli, visited them in company with doctor Hidjreley, the Ameri can cbitsul, and the French vice-consul, at Tri poli. " llefore leaving Tripoli," say* captain Por ter, " it became necessary to mention my inten tion"' to the bnshaw. and obtain his pcrnii< don (? ItMt from the Enterprise, then under my cgm 'mand, which he readily granted, and at tlics, same time, oflcrqd me every facility to enablfe me to ^ ratify my curiysity. Ho Mid that Vfo Arabs on thtf coast would prove troublesome to us, unless they were informed that it was with his approbation we vhited tlio place \ and to re move nil apprehensions ofany injury from them, lie would despatch a chawn or mosscnger to prepare them fur our reception, and also send a nils, or captnin of one of Ids corsairs, with me in my vessel, to cause every civility to be paid to our party. After these arrangement* had been made, and permission obtained to take from Leptis an v curiosities we cot^ld bring off, I took mi board Dr. Kidgely the AracVlcan consul, the French vice-consul, tho rais and bis servants, and proceeded ?nat ward. ,jy On arriving at Leptis, which is known by I the remains of & large castle nituated close to the bcach, as well as by the ruins which ' every where present themselves, we discovered tho messenger who hod been despatched before us, and a jwrtv of Arabs with their horses and arms, and a number of sheep f these, we were told <ln landing, wore a prevent from the Arabs, agreeat bly to an order from the baiihaw, and were also givon to understand that the horses were intend od for our uso in travelling into the interior, or wherever e*lo wo wished to go. " We remained at Lejitt* three days, in which time we explored all tho ruins, most of which were in a better state of preHervation, and far oxceeding In mitgniflccnce every thing of the kind I Imd seen in any part of tho world. The columns were mostly thrown down, some of them broken in two or more pieces, 'iliey were (generally of an enormomt size, and of that beau tiful green marble called tho verd antique. It was evident that they must have been overthrown by some violent shock of nature, as they were, in many instances, removed a considerable dis tance from the bases on which they had stood. Every wltero was to be seen the ruins of magni ficent temples, ami all around wore scattered large fragments of altars, and other decoration, of tho interior of ancient temples, heads, legs, arms and bodies of marble statues, as also seve ral figures, entire, with the exception of their faces, which hud been destroyed uy the Arabs, in the belief that they were the bodies of unbe lievers, who had been turned into stone, as a punishment for their sins. Parts of superb Mo saic floors lay exposed to view, ami several coins Of former ages, reduced to rust by long ex* poSure, were found. Wo visited also the burial places^ and took copies of tho inicriptions on Wfc.Mwrous marble sa^cophages, but without itit gf materials taken from among the rough stones ,^the square ends of coffins, lUsingon the changcs which ? circumstances so often produce.-? Shafts of marble columns generally formed the principal foundations of tliese miserable "huts, whose yhole appearanco exhibited such a mix ture of anient elegance, contrasted witli mo dern barbarity, as served to impress moro strong ly uiHin oui* mind* than ever, tho mortifying truth, that nothitMs eternal which is the work of man, and that those, who erect tho subliinest temples to the Gods, Mow not but that tliey are preparing materials for the hut of tlio robber* " Wo visited the pott, and saw thostoqo re? servoirs where tlio galleys once obtained their supplies of water, and coi.'.d distinctly sco front whence it used togtlsh out, as woll as the steps by which their crews asceudcd from their vcb m-Iji. The port wiis circular ; the entrance nar row, and strongly defended by castles, which in tliOhe days were no doubt deemed impregna ble. Tho bottom of this harbour is now above the level of the sea, and where ships once rodo, the grass now grows. The aqueduct is still en tire in niatty parts, and the castles, the temples, and other sujierb remains, aro now the ubode of the jatkall and wild-pidgoon. The walls of that dt?, in some places have been shaken down, and on the side towards the sea are near ly rovered with the ^ands of the ocean, which the strong north winds have thrown upon the coast. In *onio parts tip tops of tho houses aro exposed.1 tho sand having not yet quite covered them. They ure of hewn stone and flat. On digging through some dVty'cm, wo found they were filled with sntld. Tho amphitheatre, winch is without the walls of the city towards tin* oust, exhibits thp vest iucs of great tnagnili reucc. It is about iioVeqtf yards wide, and ono hundred and fifty it) length, with flights of stone steps, running from the area in the middle, to the outer walls. Tho entrances are at either end, and it never has beta covered. There is a range of pedestals running the whole length of the area, and on diguing in the sum! at tho base of ono of them, wo found tho head of. a lion, which I took on board tlio Knfarpri?e. and gave to Mr. Lafi-oijc, on my arilial in tlio L'nltcd States." Such itt I.ootis, oiicn the |>rinci|?n1 city, of a potent confeunracy of citiei*, which defied the power of (lie ltoman emperor*.? What remain* of it now, in only calculated to add ono more to tin! niiUH'roiiK instance 4 of tliut oblivion, to which :il I the |>li\ sicxil labor* of man hcoiu dentincd.? 01' the xplemlid riti? H mentioned ill ancient hiR* lories, \v<* know not wluro many of them Htood, :md of l he others, nothing reimiiiiHbut a fett in definite trace*, either to lend or mislead the ?chohir. Wert* i< not for the poet or tint liUto* rian. it never would have In cii known to ua (hut thev r\< r had hern :tt all. Troy now only cxiat* in the poi-try ol llouicr, and tlio fato of thut city is io itnelf sulVx'ient to convince unt thai noiie of the w ork* of man appiojii-h ho near to iuitiioi fjiiif v :??> rln? l;tl?oi<fof hi> iniud. .\'nx->! f'A*? nletfi. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? tmmmm i v ,, MftpiCINAL. ' \frurk 'fur thai lancer.? Having lately met wkh the following i?rticulani resnectiug a aim (>foSijipli<fltioii, that i* confidently asserted to circ a tlhji'Axe. for tho removal uf which the most nniufut oxpedieuts have liitlierto been deemed indispensable necessary, I request you to give them a place in your paper, in the hope that Aoiho of Your readers may be induced to mako trial of tho method there recommended, atul communicate to you the result of tho experi ment* Should it prove a? efficacious as the French practitioner assert* it to be, I need not observe, that to all who are afllictiKl with tho cruel disorder in question, the receipt must bo of inestimable value, lite celebrated Parisan actress Madomoisclle Coutat, lately underwent an operation for the Cancer^ On this occasion Monsieur Huelle published in the papers a re ceipt of a far leas painful and more speedy euro for that disease, assuring that it will effect tho radical cure of Cancer in 3 days, and without surgical operation. 44 Tliitf remedy," says he, "tjouwtft simply in apiece of dough, about tho sIm of a ?malf lien's egg, and a lump of hog's lard, the older the bettor, of tho samo dimensi ons. Theio substances thoroughly mixed, so as to fprin a kind of salve, must bo spread on a piece of white leather, and applied to the disea sed part." In confirmation of the efficacy of this roincdy, Mr. Ituello cites MademoiBce Chaumero, mother to tho bookseller of that I mine in tho Palais (loyal, who was about to un dergo the usual operation, [of excision j when a woman, who had been cured by this application, informed Iter of it. She joyfully availed herself of this remedy, and, aa the Journal de Paris as serts, was completely cured iu the space of three d ny*. ? Liverpool paper. Cure for the Gout. ? It is believed (lint those who arc troubled with that exalted disorder, the Gout, may find a safe, if not an effectual rente* dy in the following simple recipe. Having lately recommended it to a friend who wan se verely afflicted with this painful disorder, the writer has the pleasure to state that after a few applications, he was so fur recovered as to at tend to his usual avocations ; wheroas before he tried this remedy, it was so painful as to de prive him of sleep for several nights. " l)r. Steiihouse, of Kdinburgh, has adopted a method for the cure of the gout, no less im portant for its simplicity than the almost instan taneous success with which it is attended. The method is no more than holding the affected part over hot or boiling water. Gout h* consi ders m proceeding from obstruction. Hy the action ot steam tho fibres are relaxed, or what, is the same tiling the pressure of the common at mosphere is diminished and the cure of course I re I a\*o i^pracl life upon' himself in two instances, lie was first attacked in the hand ; when the fit had acquired its last stage, both in pain and swelling, he held his hand over a com mon tureen full of boiling water. In a few minutes the pain abated, and in 25 minutes en tirely subsided : and, had it not been for tho swelling lie could have used his hand as well as if nothing had happened. The second attack was in his foot which he allowed to proceed for 44 hours, lie then suspended it over a pail nearly fullof boiling water, and covered it with flannel. In the course of an hour he was free from pain and walked about tho room as usual. The Doctor observes, that in case his stomach or bowels shall bo attacked, he will immerse hi* whole bodjt in a Hogshtad of steam, lie hut been in gtood health and free from gout ever since tie ' tried these experiments though verv near seventy* This vapour bath ought to bV repeated Mveral times, even after the pain is removed, in order to effect a radical cure.*' Cine for a Felon. ? Copied from the Orange County Republican, of Nov'r 1800. ? The fol lowing was taken from the paper of Deacon f . Lumberly, and published at his express request. " Take a piece of rock salt, about the size of a butternut* wrap it in a cabbage leaf, if to be had, if not, in a piece of brown paper | cover it with coals, as you would to roast an onion ; after it has been roasting about ?0 minutes, fake it from die fire* and powder it very fine ; mix it with an much common soap as will muke a salve t if tho soap bo not pretty strong of turpentine (which may be known by the smell) then add u little more to it* Apply the salve to the parr affected, in the course of a few hours, and some times in a few minutes, the pain will lie reliev ed. After this, if a suppuration has taken place, it must be healed like a common sore." Jlnecttotf of Dr . tAne. ? This noted Irish phv siciau, who died of the small pox at the age of H.>. built a house in a peculiar manner, so as to have the full benefit of the circulation of the air. ? Kvcry window had another opposite to it, none Of which he ever suffered to be shut or glu/ed. The room in which he slept had four open win dows, two Oil cach side of his bed. If wan re marked that, for fifty years together, nobody died out of his house, lie carried this doctrine to such an exefss a* to contend, that no house could lie wholesome where a dog could not get in under tho door, and a bird at tho window.? Upon his death, his boii had all tho windows gla zed. soon after which several persons were bu ried out of tho house. Itmetliffor so re fttes. ? Hoil a quart of an ounce of i'ammomilo {lowers in a pint of new milk, and wash .the eyes three or four times a day. For hnbUuat hradach ? Drink half a pint oi sound hard cider in the morning* daily he fore breakfast. Wash the hea'i w ith cold wati . ??very morning, and rub it dry with a towel.